These co-stars of "I Love Lucy" would hate each other
"She is one of the most beautiful girls to get out of Kansas, but I often want her to go back."
I love Lucy was centered on Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, played by a real coupleBall of Lucille andDesi Arnaz. The life of the main actors has mowed with the show to the point that, when Ball gave birth in real life,Lucy welcomed a baby in the show at the same time. But, when it comes to the other married couple presented onI love Lucy, Ethel and Fred Mertz, the actors who played them have definitely madenot have the same type of personal connection.
As they remember one of the most memorable pairs on television,Vivian Vance andWilliam Frawleydid not get along. According to some things, it all started because of the disapproval of Vance that Frawley was thrown her husband on the screen, and that intensified quite brutal insults exchanged. Read on to find out more.
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Vance complained about their age difference.
WhenI love Lucy First, Vance was 42 years old and Frawley was 64 years old. According to the bookI love Lucy: the new storybyGregg Oppenheimer, the son of the producer and editor -in -chief of the programJess Oppenheimer, Vance did not appreciate the age difference between her and her co-star.
"Even if the whole world loved Lucy, everyoneI love Lucy Didn't like everyone, "Gregg wrote (via the Showbiz cheat sheet). "On the one hand, Vivian Vance could not bear Bill Frawley. In fact, they got along fairly well at the beginning. But shortly after, VIV got angry by the fact that people so easily accepted his charming Young me as a woman of this old man, "as she called him".AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
Vance's comments returned to FRAWLEY.
AccordingI love Lucy: the new story, when Ferty heard that Vance called him an old man, he tried to come back to him.
"When Bill heard of his complaints, he was offended and retaliated by suggesting lines for himself that characterized Ethel as having" a figure like a bag full of door handles "or another list of insults" , wrote Gregg.
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They continued to bicker while the show took off.
The tension between Vance and Frawley continued throughout the program of six seasons of the show. As Metv poses, Ethel and FredNot to be very affectionate each other in the show could be linked to the mutual disdain of the pair. Metv also notes that Ethel called her husband "Ol 'Fat Freddy" in the series - Appropriate given the opinion of Vance on FRAWLEY.
So-called, FRAWLEY said one day about Vance: "She is one of the most beautiful girls to get out of Kansas, but I often want her to return."
They could have had their own fallout.
FRAWLEY and VANCE were offered a spin-off ofI love Lucy Concentrated on Fred and Ethel, but that obviously did not materialize. According to Metv, Frawley thought it would be a good opportunity, but Vance no longer wanted to work with him and thus refused the show. An additional proof that she really didn't love her? Zimbio reports thatVance even rejected A bonus of $ 50,000 she would have received for the new series.